Summary: It's been ten years since Brooke's been back to Tree Hill. After receiving an invitation to her high school reunion she decided to come home.
Disclaimer: I don't own the cast, one tree hill, the lyrics or the title of this chapter or the even the title of the story. The lyrics and chapter title are from another country singer named Kip Moore and his song Drive Me Crazy.
Author's Note: So I'm way of course from my outline…my bad. But I heard this song and it made me think of Brucas and then this chapter came together. Hope you enjoy! I'm surprised I have time to write this one. I just wrote a ten-page paper on social work professional behavior, yeah, not that exciting. Enjoy the chapter!
Can We Just Hold On?
#8 Darling, They're Just Raindrops
"She made me thirst for a woman's love. I kept drinking, couldn't get enough. Yeah, there was magic in her velvet touch. First time was down by the river.
Our Sweat made both us shiver. Don't stop, darling they're just raindrops"- Kip Moore
"So how was it?" Haley nudged Brooke was relaxing on the couch.
"It was nice."
"Nice? Just nice? You came home sandy and soaking wet and it was just nice? Come on, Brooke spill the beans. Nathan's playing basketball with the kids outside. I want details and I want them now!"
"Demanding much, Hales?" Brooke questioned. She loved making Haley squirm in her seat waiting for answers. She didn't really know how to describe the day's events. Everything was going crazy in her brain.
"Don't make me hit you with a pillow Brooklyn!"
"Ugh, that stupid name." Brooke groaned. "I hate it."
"Just tell me and stop changing the subject!" Haley sighed loud and dramatically.
"Fine, drama queen." Brooke rolled her green eyes. "It was nice, I enjoyed it. Really Hales. The kids were good, really good. I mean who would've though Luke and I could handle five kids? Like really? I can barely handle Jackson and Lena."
"Brooke stop rambling." Haley smiled. "Now tell me what happened between you and Lucas. That's all I care about." Brooke raised an eyebrow to her. "What? Come on, we are all cheering for a Team Brucas reunion."
"Brucas?" Brooke questioned laughing a little. "Going back to high school days, huh, Haley."
"Oh whatever," Haley joked "you know Brooke, we all just want you two happy. Plus with the amount of drama you two have in your lives may balance each other out a little."
"Except I like in New York and he lives in Tree Hill and I just met him again after ten years of not talking Hales. There's a lot that happened in that time frame."
"So go out on a date and get to know him again. Plus I don't think you're going back to New York anytime soon, Brooke. Lena and Sam may die without each other." Haley pointed out. "Plus, I don't think I can handle my best friend in a big city alone with two kids. Its much safer if you stay here."
"Why is everyone wanting me and him together again? This isn't high school all over again."
"Because we want you both happy Brooke, that's it. I've seen the way you look at him and the way he looks at you. They're the exact same look. Just like high school. Promise me, if he asks you to dinner, you go. I'll watch the kids."
"Hales…." Brooke paused. Her heart was telling her one thing, while her head was telling her another thing. "I don't know."
"Well you should know. Just think about it, okay?" Haley smiled. She knew one way to make this work and she needed the help of some little kids. "Now you relax, I'm going to check on Nate and the kids."
"Okay." Brooke sunk lower into the couch. She could tell the brunette friend was up to something so Brooke just let her go. Whenever Haley got an idea you just have to let the idea roll or you're in deep trouble.
"I need all you kids help with something." Haley walked onto the basketball court that Nathan just needed to have put in the minute they bought this house five years ago.
"Hales, you know I love you, but what in the world are you up too?" Nathan questioned with a sigh. Haley was in her little fix it mood again. Last time she was in this mood she made Nathan rearrange their living room furniture only to move it back to where it started in the first place.
"I have a sort of plan." Her eyes lit up with the excitement of telling everyone her idea.
"Mommy is this gonna get us in trouble? Like the one day you decided to put a hole in the wall?" Samantha question brushing her raven locks out of her eyes.
"I wanted that stupid wall gone in the first place. If your father did it the first time I asked we would've had a hole there for two weeks." Haley corrected her daughter with a pout. "Anyway, Lena the first part is for you to do, okay?"
"Care to fill us in on the whole idea, Haley?" Nathan felt out of the loop. If he was going to help Haley with whatever crazy idea she had, he had to know all the details.
"I'm not letting any kids to participate till I understand how crazy it is on a scale of one to ten."
"I tried that with the hole in the wall, dad. I just got sent to my room." Jamie pointed out earning a look telling him to shut it from his mother. "Sorry." Jamie mumbled.
"It's going to be perfect. I'm going to tell Brooke we are taking the kids to do something, what ever you guys want to do. We'll go pick up Sawyer and then we'll somehow get your Uncle Lucas here."
"Hales, stop playing cupid and please just let them figure it out on their own terms?" Nathan pleaded. He did not want this to blow up in their faces at the end of the night.
"Oh I got an even better idea!" Haley ignored his comment. "We'll take the kids to the park tomorrow after work and tell Lucas and Brooke to meet us there after, but we won't show up. Only they will. Then they can talk and all."
"Hales, you're turning into Brooke." Nathan laughed. "Maybe we should send her to New York again."
"Natey, I no going back. I staying here! Right Bubbah!" Lena said pointing a figure at Nathan. "No sending us back! You stuck with us!"
Nathan smiled lifting Lena into his arms before responding. "I think I'd be okay with that, Lena."
"Good. Now we gotta get mommy to stay!" Lena cheered. "I like Haley's plan!"
"Of course you do."
"Me too!" Sam cheered along. Lately, anything Samantha Scott did, Lena Davis had to do also.
"Can we play?" Jackson questioned impatiently holding the basketball in his arms.
"Yes we can." Nathan placed Lena on the grown before grabbing Jackson so he could make a slam-dunk.
"Now can it be tomorrow already?" Haley was going to be impatient till the plan went into action. "Plan get Team Brucas back together is in action."
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"Mommy!" Lena screamed running into Brooke. "Aunt Haley and Uncle Natey are going to take us to the park and then we going to dinner after! Aunt Haley said you get to relax and then meet us for dinner at five! Can Bubbah and me go? Please? Pretty please? Even Sawyer's going!"
Lena was too excited for Brooke to even say no to her. There was no way Brooke could end her daughter's excitement. "Yes, you two can go. But only if I get two things."
"What are they?"
"A hug and a kiss from my favorite little girl." Brooke smiled. Lena's faces made her heart melt over and over again. No matter who said Lena was not Brooke's was wrong. She might not be biologically but sure as hell was personality.
Lena reached her arms around Brooke as tightly as she could and place a kiss gently on her cheek. "You relax mommy!"
"Okay, baby girl. I'll do just that. Now where are we going to dinner?" Brooke asked following Lena down the hall.
"I don't know. Ask her?" Lena shrugged pointing over to Haley who was helping Jackson put on a sweatshirt.
"Meet us at Karen's at five, Brooke. We'll be there." Haley smirked. "Alright. We all ready?"
"Sounds good. But why are you going to the park when it looks like it's going to rain any minute?" Brooke thought something was up with the whole plan.
"Get the kids to get rid of their energy even if it rains a little. Oh well, who care?" Haley shrugged. Too bad they won't actually be playing at the park. Nathan and Haley where taking them to Chuck E. Cheese's to get rid of the energy.
"Bubbah, maybe leave the monkey here. We don't want you to loose him now do we?" Brooke smiled taking the brown stuffed monkey from her son's arms.
"Okay, but make sure he's safe!" Jackson begged. "Bye-bye mommy."
"I love you Bubbah, be good. You too Lena." Brooke yelled after the duo.
"Part one complete." Haley smiled proudly as they got into the car. "Off to Lucas's, Nate! Drive!"
"I can't believe I'm letting you do this." Nathan shook his head back and forth, "especially since you brought the kids into this one."
"Oh they'll love it. Trust me." Haley smiled. "Right Lenny? You like this plan?"
"Yes!" Lena cheered loudly.
"Dragging a five year old into this to back you up? Really Hales?"
"Just let me complete part two and then you can yell some more." Haley rolled her eyes.
"Aunt Haley! Daddy said you were taking us to the park! Is it true?" Sawyer ran and opened the door before Lucas could.
"Yes it is, Sawy. Why don't you go get in the car? Everyone's in there, I'm going to talk to your dad really fast and then we can go."
"Okay." Sawyer screamed bye to Lucas who made his way to the door and skipped off.
"So we're all going to meet at Karen's at five for dinner if you want to come." Haley smiled begging. "It should be fun."
"I guess I'll meet you there." Lucas shrugged. It wasn't like he had anything better to do.
"Okay, don't be late." Haley smiled doing a little happy dance in her head. "See you in two hours." Haley walked out the door. When she got to the car a huge smile broke out on her face. "Part two complete. Lucas and Brooke will both be there at five."
"This is so juvenile, Hales." Nathan laughed.
"Support it or you're on the couch tonight." Haley warned.
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Five o'clock came and went and as soon as the clock stuck five-fifteen Brooke and Lucas both knew something was up. Haley is a very punctual person. She doesn't do the whole being late thing. Even with two kids, she was always on time.
"I think this was a set up." Brooke frowned. She wanted to enjoy the little dinner with her best friends, niece, nephew and her two kids. A nice relaxing dinner, but that will not happen tonight. "This is definitely a Haley thing."
"We can enjoy it, though, right?" Lucas smiled. "A nice dinner, no kids and maybe free food if my mother says I behave well." Lucas added a laugh.
"I was told that you two are not allowed to leave till you both eat dinner." Karen walked over to the duo holding two menus in her hands. "Its nice to get a phone call from your five year old granddaughter to hold her father hostage." Karen laughed. "Well, Haley was telling her in the background what to say." Karen looked around to the bustling café. "I have to move on and help others. Call me over when you want to order. Brooke, it's great to see you home finally."
"It's great to be home." Brooke smiled back. She did really think that.
"Now figure out what you two want to eat and I'll be back."
"Your mother has not changed since I left." Brooke stated playing with her napkin. She was nervous. There was something about the blonde haired, blue-eyed boy sitting next to her that made her weak in the knees. It made her feel like she was having her first crush all over again.
"Not a lot has changed in ten years Brooke." Lucas was just as nervous. He didn't know what to say to Brooke or what to do about the whole Haley thing.
"You and I both changed, Broody." The old nickname just fell right out of her mouth. It was coming back to this café that did it to her. All the old memories of eating here with him when they dated junior year made her relax a little. "At least I know I changed."
"You changed for the better, Brooke."
"Thanks? I guess." Brooke looked down. She didn't know if she should take it as a compliment or not.
"It's a good change, Pretty Girl. You became an amazing person." Lucas smiled at her and squeezed her hand as reassurance. "I like this you."
"You don't know me anymore, Luke."
"Well I guess we can try to get to know each other again, but I have a feeling I know more about you then you think."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because I still can read you like an open book." Lucas took a sip of his drink that Karen dropped off during their conversation. "You're not that hard to read, at all."
"Oh really?" Brooke kinked her eyebrow.
"Yes really. I still know you. Ten years may have went by but that doesn't mean you forget everything about a person."
"It's been a long ten years though." Brooke sighed. She just wanted to be back in her bed cuddling with her two kids then be sitting here with Lucas Scott.
"Yeah, but that doesn't change how you make me feel."
Brooke stared at Lucas hoping that he would just say he was joking and did not mean what he said. He couldn't still like her! It was impossible to still like someone you haven't seen in ten years.
"Oh." Was all Brooke managed to get out. She looked down again at her hands, not even bothering to read the menu and hoped something more interesting was there to distract her.
"It's true though." Lucas knew he had to force her to see it. Brooke was stubborn. She wasn't going to do anything if she was forced too. Also, she wasn't going to bring back memories and emotions she took so long to forget.
"I'm not too sure about that one."
"Brooke," Lucas ran his hand through his hair, "please just listen to me."
"Fine, I guess I'll stick through this meal." Brooke gave in. She knew, even if she was busy, Karen was going to follow the orders given to her by Sawyer.
"Good. Do it for me and probably Hales before she kills you." Lucas joked around. He wanted his Cheery back to her normal self. "What's wrong?" He could tell something was off with Brooke. "What happed to the Cheery girl I know?"
"I'm not that girl anymore. Life's gotten in the way."
"That doesn't mean you can't be Cheery anymore."
"Childish nicknames don't mean anything when you have more important things to worry about."
"Brooke, I'm trying here. I'm really trying. At least you could do is try for yourself. But oh well. I give up." Lucas stood and walked outside.
Brooke waited a minute before realizing she made a mistake. She knew the front she put on and she could tell Lucas was trying here. The least she could do was try, especially after she told him she would. Realizing her mistake she ran out the café door and followed him. "Luke, wait."
"What Brooke?" Lucas's voice sounded angry and hurt at the same time and Brooke couldn't handle it.
She had an urge, an urge to kiss him. She didn't know if she should follow through with it or not. While contemplating it she bit the corner of her lip.
"What Brooke? What are you thinking?"
"How'd you know that?" Brooke was shocked that he recognized that jester she did.
"You bit your lip only when you're thinking." Lucas moved closer to her. "I told you I know you."
Brooke didn't respond with word to his smart ass remark. Instead she followed her heart and pulled him in for a kiss. Her lips felt like they had to be attached to his at that exact second. Nothing else came into play but kissing him. At the exact moment, it also started to rain.
"We should head inside and finish this dinner before we both get drenched." Brooke smiled softly. She loved that kiss and it was going to be a picture frozen in time stuck in her memory for forever.
"Darling, they're just rain drops." Lucas smiled pulling Brooke in for another kiss. It was going to be the start of something new for them and he was going to enjoy every second he had with her.
That's the end of chapter eight! What you all think? I have a feeling a certain red head maybe making her appearance in the next chapter if my ideas stay the way they are right now. Thanks for reading! Please let me know what you think! I love hearing what everyone has to say!
Thank you time!
Dianehermans- I'm glad you liked my Brucas scene with the kids. It's my favorite thing to write them as parents. Rachel will come into play in the next chapter! I hope you enjoyed this one! Thanks for reading and reviewing!
Sandygirl- Thanks for loving the kids/Brucas scene. I loved writing it. I love Brucas with kids. It makes me happy! Rachel will come forward soon! Don't worry! I have some plans for her coming up. Thanks for saying I'm doing a great job! It means a lot! Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoy this chapter!
MsDreamer93- Yeah, I just wanted to show how the kids are with the relationship with the parents before it actually starts. Lucas was the number one person in Sawyer's life for the past year and it will be a huge change to go through. Peyton and Rachel will be up next chapter, the fun only just begun with them. Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Thanks for reviewing!
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